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Artist Statement:
I am a painter and a writer. I am a wife and a mother, a daughter and a sister. I am a friend and a
colleague. Of all of those people that I am, what I am most is an explorer.
I explore shades and colors of beauty, the tones and silences between what is seen and what is
felt. What I love to explore are the frailties and depths of the human heart and mind in my art and
stories.
Through my art, I explore color and texture and places of beauty that have meaning for me, or that
stir my heart to create. I see beauty in nature in the way light and shadow stir the landscape, or
the way one flower petal is translucent bathed in sunlight and another will be vivid in shade. Places
where I want to be and live, to let become part of who I am become part of my life inventory and
stored memories. Those are the places I hope to capture through my paintings.
Through my writing, there is so much in the world, seen and unseen, that is ugly. For me, writing
about those murky places sheds a dim light in dusty closets, hopefully expunging them, letting in a
bit of sunlight in the same way that the ocean can wash clean a shoreline. While I may be on an
exploratory journey into the darker nature of the heart, just as shadow illuminates light brilliantly
and makes it that much more astounding in a painting, those mysteries of the human condition
elevate the path toward the light with that much more dignity and grace. Even if just for a moment.
I touch on a bit of those elements in my novels. What you will find is that the end result is,
simultaneously beautiful and horrifying, redemptive and satisfying. Even if there isn't always a
happy ending, there's usually the potential for another chance at a new beginning. At the end of the
day, knowing there will be a tomorrow is the least and the most hope I can ever strive to convey.
For me, the intent of painting is not to create those dark or dim images which I explored in my
novels. That is surely present and I could do that if I chose, but I choose not to do that. Instead,
my motivations are to offer a bit of what I feel is beautiful, how glorious the world around us is,
what affirmation of hope there is in the resilience of nature to renew itself after the long dark
slumber of winter. Somehow and hopefully they balance themselves out; darkness and light,
shadow and texture, ugliness and beauty, despair and hope.
These creations become my gift, legacy and life's work. They are my joy and purpose. That anyone
cares to see them or like them is in itself a continual surprise and delight.
Feel free to contact me with a friendly hello, questions or inquiries to any of my artworks for
purchase or commission, or about my novels.
My novels are in the process of publication, and as they become available they will be shown on my
page Novels by Ilene Rubin with updates on my blog, Facebook and Twitter.
Feel free to connect via
www.IleneRubin.com/blog
Twitter at Ilene10
Facebook at Ilene Gottesman Rubin, Author Ilene Rubin
LinkedIn at Ilene Rubin
I am a painter and a writer. I am a wife and a mother, a daughter and a sister. I am a friend and a
colleague. Of all of those people that I am, what I am most is an explorer.
I explore shades and colors of beauty, the tones and silences between what is seen and what is
felt. What I love to explore are the frailties and depths of the human heart and mind in my art and
stories.
Through my art, I explore color and texture and places of beauty that have meaning for me, or that
stir my heart to create. I see beauty in nature in the way light and shadow stir the landscape, or
the way one flower petal is translucent bathed in sunlight and another will be vivid in shade. Places
where I want to be and live, to let become part of who I am become part of my life inventory and
stored memories. Those are the places I hope to capture through my paintings.
Through my writing, there is so much in the world, seen and unseen, that is ugly. For me, writing
about those murky places sheds a dim light in dusty closets, hopefully expunging them, letting in a
bit of sunlight in the same way that the ocean can wash clean a shoreline. While I may be on an
exploratory journey into the darker nature of the heart, just as shadow illuminates light brilliantly
and makes it that much more astounding in a painting, those mysteries of the human condition
elevate the path toward the light with that much more dignity and grace. Even if just for a moment.
I touch on a bit of those elements in my novels. What you will find is that the end result is,
simultaneously beautiful and horrifying, redemptive and satisfying. Even if there isn't always a
happy ending, there's usually the potential for another chance at a new beginning. At the end of the
day, knowing there will be a tomorrow is the least and the most hope I can ever strive to convey.
For me, the intent of painting is not to create those dark or dim images which I explored in my
novels. That is surely present and I could do that if I chose, but I choose not to do that. Instead,
my motivations are to offer a bit of what I feel is beautiful, how glorious the world around us is,
what affirmation of hope there is in the resilience of nature to renew itself after the long dark
slumber of winter. Somehow and hopefully they balance themselves out; darkness and light,
shadow and texture, ugliness and beauty, despair and hope.
These creations become my gift, legacy and life's work. They are my joy and purpose. That anyone
cares to see them or like them is in itself a continual surprise and delight.
Feel free to contact me with a friendly hello, questions or inquiries to any of my artworks for
purchase or commission, or about my novels.
My novels are in the process of publication, and as they become available they will be shown on my
page Novels by Ilene Rubin with updates on my blog, Facebook and Twitter.
Feel free to connect via
www.IleneRubin.com/blog
Twitter at Ilene10
Facebook at Ilene Gottesman Rubin, Author Ilene Rubin
LinkedIn at Ilene Rubin
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